The Twentieth Annual
Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival
And Workshops
Celebrating Our Twentieth Anniversary!

Sponsored by Douglas County Libraries, Colorado Performing Artists, and Filter Press, LLC.

The Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival has been presented every year since 1989. It has taken every person attending to a magical place where anything can happen, where one can relate to other people, where dreams, heroes and heroines, and fantasies are real. The Storytellers that have been featured throughout the years are the best of the best at bringing all of this to the audience. After you see what is going on at this year's Festival, please go to the Festival Archives page and enjoy the storyteller's biographies of the Festival's past.

Featured Storytellers for the 2008 Festival are:

Joe Hayes
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Perhaps the best-known storyteller in the Southwest and a popular author, Joe presents his tall tales, cuentos, and folktales with humor, drama, and gentle power. (Appearing Friday and Saturday am only)

Dan McCrimmon
Littleton, Colorado
Dan's songs and stories deftly recreate the history of the West, his pioneering Colorado family, and his own artistic vision. (Appearing Friday only.)

Bailey Phelps
Lafayette, Colorado
With his background as an ordained minister and tribal member of the Cherokee Nation, Bailey gives voice to many cultures through traditional and original tales and poetry. (Appearing Saturday only.)

Bonnie Phipps
Boulder, Colorado
Bonnie blends music and stories into an entertaining mixture, then shares her irresistible concoctions with delighted audiences. (Appearing Saturday only.)

Opalanga Pugh
Denver, Colorado
Opalanga is a Twenty-first century urban storyteller and a griot in the African oral tradition, who shares her spirited performances with audiences in the U.S., Canada, and West Africa. (Appearing both days.)

John Stansfield
Monument, Colorado
Since 1979, John has performed tales and ballads from the West - and the world. He is the founder of the Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival. (Appearing both days.)

Friday, July 25th

All events at Kirk Hall, Douglas County Fairgrounds, 500 Fairgrounds Dr., Castle Rock (north off Plum Creek Pkwy. 1/2 mile east of I-25 exit 181)

10:00 AM - REGISTRATION OPENS
10:00 AM-8:30 PM - STORYTELLING AND HISTORY BOOKS AND RECORDINGS ON SALE
11:00-11:45 AM and 12:45-1:30 PM - STORY AND MUSIC CONCERTS FOR SCHOOL AND FAMILY
2:00-3:30 PM - COLORADO LIVING HISTORY CONCERT - presented by Filter Press Books
5:30-6:30 PM - BROWN BAG SUPPER STORY SWAP - Bring your supper and a story to tell or just listen

7:00-9:30 PM - STORIES UNDER THE STARS CONCERT - With Our Featured Storytellers

Saturday, July 26th
All events at the Palmer Lake Elementary School, 115 Upper Glenway, Palmer Lake, CO
(two miles west of I-25 exit 163)

8:00 AM - REGISTRATION OPENS
8:00-8:30 AM - STORYTELLING AND HISTORY BOOKS AND RECORDINGS ON SALE
9:00-9:30 AM - OPENING SESSION
9:30-12:00 PM - STORYTELLING WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN (AGE 9 AND UP)
9:30-12:00 PM - CONCURRENT BEGINNER AND ADVANCED STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS
12:00-1:15 PM - LUNCH BREAK (Food available for purchase)
1:15-2:45 PM - SPECIAL TOPIC STORYTELLING WORKSHOP
3:15-4:30 PM - SUPER STORY SWAP
4:30-7:00 PM - WALKS, CONVERSATION, DINNER (Dutch)
7:00-9:30 PM - A STORYTELLING EVENING CONCERT with our Featured Storytellers

Festival and Workshop Pre-Registration
Recommended as space is limited

Please print out this form and mail with your check to:
John Stansfield, Director
Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival
Box 558
Monument, Colorado 80132
(303) 660-5849

No pre-registration accepted after July 22nd, 2008

Space may be limited on July 25th and 26th.
Make checks payable to:
Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival

	Joe Hayes Santa Fe, New Mexico Perhaps the best-known storyteller in the Southwest and a popular author, Joe presents his tall tales, cuentos, and folktales with humor, drama, and gentle power. (Appearing Friday and Saturday am only)
	Dan McCrimmon Littleton, Colorado Dan's songs and stories deftly recreate the history of the West, his pioneering Colorado family, and his own artistic vision. (Appearing Friday only.)
	Bailey Phelps Lafayette, Colorado With his background as an ordained minister and tribal member of the Cherokee Nation, Bailey gives voice to many cultures through traditional and original tales and poetry. (Appearing Saturday only.)
	Bonnie Phipps Boulder, Colorado Bonnie blends music and stories into an entertaining mixture, then shares her irresistible concoctions with delighted audiences. (Appearing Saturday only.)
	Opalanga Pugh Denver, Colorado Opalanga is a Twenty-first century urban storyteller and a griot in the African oral tradition, who shares her spirited performances with audiences in the U.S., Canada, and West Africa. (Appearing both days.)
	John Stansfield Monument, Colorado Since 1979, John has performed tales and ballads from the West - and the world. He is the founder of the Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival. (Appearing both days.)